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Brown’s Bittersweet Legacy
Public schools are more segregated today than they've been since 1968.
The Ivory Cage and the Ghosts of Academe: Labor and Struggle in the Edu-Factory
The energy dedicated to the university by students, staff and the public is harnessed to reproduce a hierarchical, commercialized, debt-driven institution.
When This Teacher’s Ethnic Studies Classes Were Banned, His Students Took the District to Court—and Won
The documentary “Precious Knowledge” tells the story of the high school seniors who became activists to save Tucson's ethnic studies classes.
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How George W. Bush Screwed This Generation of College Students
Every kid in the US could have a free public college education right now if George W. Bush hadn't been such a war monger.
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Henry A. Giroux | Neoliberalism’s War on Democracy
Four decades of neoliberal policies have resulted in an economic Darwinism that promotes privatization, commodification, free trade and deregulation, Henry Giroux writes in the introduction to his book.
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Act Now to Keep Students Safe
Seclusion or restraint for students is much more widely used in schools than you'd think, and it's endangering student health. The Keeping All Students Safe Act would outlaw the …
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Despite Community Pleas, Three Chicago Schools Slated for Privatization
The Chicago Board of Education has consistently voted to close schools or turn them over to private management - laying off most of the staff in the process - …
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Scathing Report Finds Rocketship, School Privatization Hurt Poor Kids
A new report by the Economic Policy Institute, documents the effects of both for-profit and non-profit charter schools that are taking over struggling public schools in Milwaukee.
Protecting Classrooms From Corporate Takeover: What Families Can Learn From Teachers’ Unions
Teachers are fighting the privatization wave by connecting with families right where they live.
Jim Crow in the Classroom: New Report Finds Segregation Lives on in US Schools
As the US Supreme Court upholds a ban on affirmative action in Michigan and the country marks 60 years since Brown v. Board of Education, Democracy Now! interviews ProPublica's …